After the mass shooting at First Baptist Church, the town turned to the only other civic institution here capable of handling it all — another Baptist church.
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Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
10 years after fighting in Iraq, I have found healing in the Catholic Church
In Iraq, I witnessed death and tragedy, and without faith, I had no way to process it.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis is banning cigarette sales in the Vatican
Pope Francis is saying “Just Say No” to cigarettes.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of sister killed in Somalia in 2006
Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is your self-image holding you captive?
A solitary image, of ourselves or others, is often more misleading than life-giving.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis wants you to stop bringing your phone to Mass
“Please, Mass is not a show. It is going to encounter the Passion, the resurrection of the Lord.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appoints two laywomen to key positions in Roman Curia
The appointments are further evidence of Pope Francis’ determination to assign important positions in the Roman Curia to women.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis “deeply grieved” by the senseless loss of life in Texas church shooting
The pope sent his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded.”
Posted inFaith, Ideas
Are Christians really supposed to be communists? A response to David Bentley Hart
Hart argues that the New Testament condemns not only wealth but virtually all private possession.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Catholic universities need to teach about migrants & refugees to counter xenophobia
Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter discrimination, Pope Francis said.